diff --git a/docs/sharding.md b/docs/sharding.md index 511541ff1cc..de2015be22a 100644 --- a/docs/sharding.md +++ b/docs/sharding.md @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ connectivity by running `select count(*) from primary_public.chains;` and `select count(*) from shard__subgraphs.subgraph` --- the result of these queries doesn't matter, it only matters that they succeed. -With mutliple shards, `graph-node` will periodically copy some metadata from +With multiple shards, `graph-node` will periodically copy some metadata from the primary to all the other shards. The metadata that gets copied is the -metadata that is needed to repsond to queries as each query needs the +metadata that is needed to respond to queries as each query needs the primary to find the shard that stores the subgraph's data. The copies of the metadata are used when the primary is down to ensure that queries can still be answered.